Careers in Agriculture: It's Not All Mud and Flies
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Feeding, clothing and housing the world is the noblest professsion, Check out careers in the agrifood sector I will guarrantee there is one 4 u
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Careers in Agriculture: It's Not All Mud and Flies
- 1. Careers in Agriculture Its not all mud and flies!!!! CAA Annual Conference Friday 18th November 2011 The Great Divide – City and Country Lynne Strong www.cloverhilldairies.com.au
- 2. Michael Nick We milk 500 cows 3x daily on two farms at Jamberoo 2
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- 4. Wow these cows provide 50000 young people like me with milk everyday 4
- 5. Cows on the Hill The home farm is situated in very steep rainforest country on the NE side of Saddleback Mt 5
- 6. With views like this you can see why lifestyle farmers pay $70k/ha 6
- 7. Our second farm is located on a flood plain adjacent to the Jamberoo township 7
- 8. We conduct pasture and pharmaceutical milk trials here
- 9. March 2011 1 in 50 year flood Not only do we produce milk we can swim like Olympians. Believe me we needed to be today !!!!!!
- 10. And believe it or not it gets 33% less rainfall than the home farm March 2011 1 in 50 year flood Same paddock 1 hr. later
- 11. The Noblest Profession A career in agriculture is feeding, clothing and housing the world 7 billion people and growing.
- 12. Agriculture needs best & brightest • Feeding the world is huge responsibility – it will need an extraordinary effort • And extraordinary people • The world needs talented young people choosing agrifood sector career pathways
- 13. Australia Needs You • 80,000 new workers required • 2000 ag science graduates needed per annum universities only turning out only 800 per year I.e. There are 6 jobs for every 1 person graduating with an agriculture degree
- 14. HARD WORK NOT ENOUGH PAY?
- 15. 2 million primary school students 1.5 million secondary students 94% Agrifood Sector
- 16. 2 million primary school students 1.5 million secondary students 90% 4%
- 17. Key to Success • A critical factor in engaging young people in agricultural career pathways is the timing of career education interventions. • Capturing their attention in early to middle secondary years is crucial.
- 18. Art4Agriculture is a network of young people who share a passion to tell others about the pivotal role Australian farmers play in feeding the world. 18
- 19. Art4Agriculture design and deliver events and activities that focus on youth, career opportunities, the environment and the arts and link them all back to agriculture.
- 20. Our programs use creative arts and multimedia to tap into youth technology
- 23. The Cream of the Crop Competition • invites students in NSW secondary and tertiary education institutions to create a PowerPoint or a video which can be published on the web and win cash prizes. • students are asked to promote the importance of agriculture to their peers, to encourage a better understanding of agriculture as well as promote agricultural careers and rural life.
- 24. Need to replace this photo with an Cream of Crop photo(or two)
- 25. Cream of the Crop Competition • The winning entries are loaded on the web providing contemporary authentic, positive and popular stories about agriculture and the environment written by young people for young people. • This initiative is vital as the changes to modern farming practices have moved much faster than educational resource development.
- 26. 70,000 hits http://www.slideshare.net/LandLearnNSW/presentations?order=popular http://www.slideshare.net/art4agriculture/slideshows?order=popular
- 29. The Archibull Prize • invites students in suburban high schools to learn through hands on experience about the challenges of housing and feeding the world with a declining natural resource base. • The finished artworks and curriculum activities must explore and communicate the students’ vision for a sustainable future.
- 30. How it works Each school is provided with a life size fibreglass cow on which the students create an artwork about: • their allocated food or fibre industry • the farmers who produce it and • how this food or fibre is being produced sustainably.
- 32. Young Farming Champions • A young farmer who specialises in each commodity is paired with a school who is studying that particular commodity. • The young farmer comes to the school and talks to the students and shares their farming experiences.
- 34. Not just for young Picassos
- 35. The Tasks 1. The Archibull • Use the blank fibreglass cow to inspire or create the artwork …….. 2. The blog • Produce a weekly web blog which documents the journey of the artwork.
- 36. The Tasks 3. The video • Produce a short video to raise the profile of the allocated food or fibre commodity or the farmers who produce it . 4. The PowerPoint • Produce a PowerPoint for web publishing which reflects the students sustainability learnings
- 38. We take the finished artworks out of the classroom and onto the streets. 38
- 39. And to big events like the Sydney Royal Easter Show.
- 40. Our programs are all about big ideas
- 47. 2 million primary school IMAGES AND students 80% PERCEPTIONS 1.5 million 49% secondary students
- 48. IMAGES AND PERCEPTIONS • 80% primary and 49% secondary students think agriculture is a good career choice for a young person • Both demographics say farmers work hard for too little reward • But is not all about the money
- 49. IMAGE GETS IN THE WAY There is a perception of mud and gumboots as opposed to young people from diverse backgrounds and career pathways working as a team to produce affordable and nutritious food.
- 50. NOT SEXY ENOUGH Somehow there is the perception that food production is „dirty‟ and not a noble cause. Weird eh!!!!!!
- 53. Image needs to be created and actively maintained
- 54. As a young farmer I am optimistic for this Industry.
- 55. I am a young person and I love farming and I love the lifestyle
- 56. I am a city girl
- 57. My career in Agriculture has opened so many doors for me
- 58. My new career has opened many doors for me My trip to Canada
- 59. The students said “you're too pretty to be a farmer” & “I didn't know girls could be farmers “
- 60. I am a farmer and I am living the dream and you can too
- 61. I’m a farm girl who wants to be the change that needs to happen
- 62. I am using every platform available to me to inspire young people into agriculture
- 63. Another great industry initiative National Managers – Jaydee Events Pty Ltd John Hutchison & Deanne Kennedy Phone: 03 5659 4219 Fax: 03 5659 4412 Mobiles: J: 0412 368 739 D: 0419 878 055 Email: jaydeeevents@dcsi.net.au Address: PO Box 2, LOCH VIC 3945 www.thepeopleindairy.org.au/projects/cows-create-careers.htm
- 64. But wait there is more A list of all the agriculture education and awareness programs in Australia on offer to schools can be found here http://primaryindustrieseducation.com.au/stocktake.htm
- 65. Primary Industry Centre for Science Education (PICSE) http://www.picse.net/HUB/index.htm
- 66. Primary Industry Centre for Science Education (PICSE) “The most important word in our PICSE vocabulary is “Relationships”! Our Science Education Officers (SEOs) build relationships with students, teachers, university academics, industry scientists, national colleagues and local community supporters. These relationships are not built through emails or flyers, but through face to face discussions in classrooms, teacher staffrooms, laboratories and other workplaces”
- 67. 2011 Locations of the National Office + 10 Activity Centres:
- 68. PICSE Integrated Model: Building Relationships & Passion Relevance of Science: run by Science Education Officer
- 69. Its not all mud and flies The one-stop shop for careers in cropping, livestock production, fisheries, forestry, horticulture and viticulture that feed the world and manage the environment. Check it out here www.csu.edu.au/special/acda/careers/
- 70. More information on Agrifood Pathways www.agrifoodskills.net.au/
- 71. The Big Question?? What about farming Are young people interested in careers in agriculture • Yes they are • Art4Agriculture survey 2011 • 80% primary school students said yes • 49% secondary students said yes
- 72. Vocational Education Training made me “work ready” for a career in the dairy industry see Emma‟s story here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwt6pExh0pA
- 73. JOIN ME IN SPREADING THE WORD CAREERS THAT HELP FEED THE WORLD ARE THE PLACE TO BE My cows produce milk for 50,000 Australians everyday 73
- 74. 2 million primary school students Extra-ordinary People 1.5 million secondary students Australia needs the best and the brightest to enter careers in the Agrifood Sector